Synopses & Reviews
Perkovic's Introduction to Programming Using Python is more than just an introduction to programming. It is an inclusive introduction to Computer Science that takes the pedagogical approach of "the right tool for the job at the right moment," and focuses on application development. The approach is hands-on and problem-oriented, with practice problems and solutions appearing throughout the text. The text is imperative-first, but does not shy away from discussing objects early where appropriate. Discussions of user-defined classes and Object-Oriented Programming appear later in the text, when students have more background and concepts can be motivated. Chapters include an introduction to problem solving techniques and classical algorithms, problem-solving and programming and ways to apply core skills to application development.
Synopsis
Perkovic's
Introduction to Programming Using Python provides an imperative-first introduction to Python focusing on computer applications and the process of developing them. The text helps develop computational thinking skills by covering patterns of how problems can be broken down and constructively solved to produce an algorithmic solution. The approach is hands-on and problem oriented. The book also introduces a subset of the Python language early on to help write small functions. Chapters include an introduction to problem solving techniques and classical algorithms, problem-solving and programming and ways to apply core skills to application development.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction to Computer Science
Chapter 2. Python Data Types
Chapter 3. Imperative Programming
Chapter 4. Text data, Files, and Exceptions
Chapter 5. Execution Control Structures
Chapter 6. Containers and Randomness
Chapter 7. Namespaces
Chapter 8. Object-Oriented Programming
Chapter 9. Graphical User Interfaces
Chapter 10. Recursion
Chapter 11. The Web and Search
Chapter 12. Databases and Data Processing